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  • derekmorton
    5500 Post Veteran



    • Nov 1999
    • 5699
    • Eltham, Victoria, Australia.
    • ORTS

    #1

    Switching routes for anybody

    Hi Team,

    Switching routes have been mentioned, I will list the routes that I have:-

    Freeware:-
    Everything by Paul Charland


    Payware that I own:-
    Bodiddly RR

    Please list you own for our new member Sector_Majority
    Last edited by derekmorton; 05-05-2022, 21:19. Reason: spelling
  • motormaster532
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2011
    • 465
    • New York

    #2
    Buffalo,available here,is so full of switching that it is almost impossible not to get lost in it. Also{I may have mis-remembered the proper name}Jersey City-Newark is another great switching Route,along with Springfield Terminal. If I can remember others or find others,I will let you know. Brian

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    • dcarleton
      1000 Post Veteran


      • Nov 2008
      • 1004
      • MSOR

      #3
      London and Port Stanley - Lots of switching, interchanges with three railroads, a car float, some main line through open country, local passenger service, scenery very well done, and entirely prototypical. Comes with authentic equipment.

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      • R. Steele
        3500 Post Veteran

        • Feb 2013
        • 3928
        • known universe
        • ORTS

        #4
        Agreed... Buffalo --- in the library as buffalo_reupload.zip --- which has an excellent template at Skyline Computing and also BLW_ZT has an excellent Buffalo trainset.

        Also the little mentioned... Alameda Belt Line V2 -- switching at the port of Alameda and also has an activity template.
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        • eolesen
          9500 Post Veteran and Administrator



          • Dec 2002
          • 9583
          • NS MP245.4 CNO&TP South District
          • English, SQL
          • General

          #5
          I've always tried to include switching in my routes.

          The IRM is the ultimate switching opportunity. Trying to fit your favorite cars or engines into a storage barn, putting together trains for the mainline excursion... putting them away....

          No equipment provided. It's made to showcase your collection across 150 years of railroading where putting a GG1 with a set of E9s and some Zephyr cars and a heavyweight observation car on the end is normal....
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          • motormaster532
            Senior Member
            • Jan 2011
            • 465
            • New York

            #6
            MLTs LS&I is a possibility,especially if you like to load ore and then unload at the Dock. Cajon Pass 4{available here} also has plenty of switching opportunities including West Colton,Barstow and much more. Brian

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            • ZachBell4400
              Senior Member


              • Jul 2017
              • 480
              • Little Falls, MN
              • American English
              • ORTS

              #7
              LaSalle Rockford & Central (available here) for fictional or semi-prototypical IC runs.

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              • crimsonfloyd
                Senior Member

                • Dec 2009
                • 153
                • Clarion, PA

                #8
                Although fictitious, Northwest Line 6 offers plenty of switching with both CN and CP. Birmingham 2 also has lots of switching.

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                • Lonewolf2777
                  Member
                  • Feb 2005
                  • 73
                  • .
                  • General

                  #9
                  add timesaver to this small but big in its own way just watch out for the trains passing by.

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                  • trpted
                    New Member
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 7

                    #10
                    Does Sea View Count? If so, that is one of the routes that I have.

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                    • Orbita
                      Senior Member

                      • Oct 2020
                      • 324
                      • Somewhere on the NYC Water Level Route surrounded by corn
                      • English, Limited French
                      • MSOR

                      #11
                      The PRR-ER has a lot of switching opportunities, for both passenger and freight. It has some of the major PRR yards, such as Enola, Sunnyside, Morrisville, Waverly, just to name a few. Also has the major passenger terminals like 30th Street and NY Penn. Also includes the Jersey Central, Reading, and the Baltimore & Ohio with their yards as well. I could write an entire book on every single yard and industry that is crammed into this mammoth route.
                      Kyle

                      NYC - Road of the Future

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                      • klsc85
                        Senior Member
                        • Jul 2004
                        • 312
                        • Coldwater, MI, USA.

                        #12
                        Got Coal? Austin Yoder's Pocahontas route has oodles of mine branches, plus a number of yards large and small. Still a favorite after all these years.

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                        • niknak
                          1000 Post Veteran


                          • Nov 1999
                          • 1254
                          • UK.
                          • MSOR

                          #13
                          LIRR by Vince Cockeram
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